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un-bryce

(adj.)
Grammar
un-bryce, adj.

Unbroken ⬩ inviolate ⬩ uninjured

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Unbroken, inviolate, uninjured Hwæþre his meahta spéd hálig wunade, dóm unbryce, þeáh hé deáþes cwealm ræfnan sceolde, Exon. Th. 240, 21; Ph. 642. Hyre wæs mægen unbrice, 256, 22; Jul. 235

Linked entry: un-brice

wirming

(n.)
Grammar
wirming, e; f.

Warming

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Warming Se cyning gestód æt ðam fýre and hine wyrmde; and ðá betwih ða wærminge (werminge, M. 196, 27) (inter calefaciendum) gemunde hé ðæt word, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 34

Linked entry: wærming

wudu-hunig

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-hunig, es; n.

Wild honey

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Wuduhunig hé æt, Mk. Skt. l, 6

Linked entry: hunig

byldan

(v.)
Grammar
byldan, p. de
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Onbúton ðone croft ðe Wynstán bylde; on ðá díc ðe hé gedícte, C. D. iii. 367, 6. Tó werbolde án fóðer gyrdo, oððe . viii. geocu byld, 451, 1

egeslíce

(adv.)
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Add: horribly Hé egeslíce hweós, Hml. Th. i. 86, 7. Þǽr manna líc lágon and egeslíce stuncon, Hml. S. 4, 211. Þá wyrhtan tótǽron hí sylfe and egeslíce grymetedon, 6, 197

god-þrymm

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Hé geyfelsacode þone naman þæs ælmihtigan godþrymmes majestatis nomen blasphemavit, 289, 22. Add

grornian

(v.)
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[Nénig man hine geseah swíðe grorniende ac hé á heofonlice blisse ber on his onseóne, Angl. x. 147, 256.] [O. Sax. grornón.] Cf. gnornian. Add

hreóh-full

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Januarius gif hé byþ on Mónandæg, þonne biþ . . . windig sumor, and hreóhfull geár (cf. estas uentuosa et tempestuosa, 12) biþ, Archiv cxx. 297, 46. See next word

sceádlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceádlíce, adv.

Reasonably, rationally

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Reasonably, rationally Gif hé gesceádlíce (sceádelice, Wells Frag.) mid eáðmódnesse and mid sóþre lufe hwilcu þing on mynstre tǽle si qua rationabiliter et cum humilitate caritatis reprehenderit, R. Ben. 109, 8

út-waru

(n.)
Grammar
út-waru, e; f.

Defence away from home

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Defence away from home Gif ceorlisc man geþeó ðæt hé hæbbe .v. hída landes tó cynges útware, L. Wg. 9; Th. i. 188, 6: L. R. 3; Th. i. 190, 21

healseta

(n.)
Grammar
healseta, an; m.
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Se ealdormon rád þurh sumne wudu ðú rǽsde án næddre of holum treowe æt ðam healsetan him on ðone bósm and hyne tóslát ðæt hé wæs sóna deád, Shrn. 144, 27

on-irnan

(v.)

to yield, give way

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to yield, give way Duru sóna onarn fýrbendum fæst, syððan hé hire folmum [hrán], Beo. Th. 1447; B. 721. Duru sóna onarn þurh handhrine háliges gástes, Andr. Kmbl. 1998; An. 1000

tweólíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tweólíce, adv.

doubtfully ⬩ uncertainly ⬩ ambiguously

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doubtfully, uncertainly Tweólíce and unfæsðlíce hé átiéfreþ ðæs ðinges onlícnesse on his móde, Past. 21; Swt. 157, 13. ambiguously Ondwyrdon hié him tweólíce responso ambiguo, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 156, 3

Linked entry: twí-líce

sele-secg

(n.)
Grammar
sele-secg, es; m.

A hall-man ⬩ a retainer who has a place in his lord's hall

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A hall-man, a retainer who has a place in his lord's hall Gemon hé selesecgas and sincþnege, hú hine his goldwine wenede tó wiste, Exon. Th. 288, 20; Wand. 34

Linked entry: seld-guma

ge-drepan

(v.)

to strike, smite

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to strike, smite Hé wæs gedrepen (gegripen, v.l.) and geþreád fram þám unclǽnan gástum and gefeóll tó þæs deácones fótum immundo spiritu correptus ad pedes diaconi corruit, Gr. D. 294, l

Linked entry: drepan

spiwol

(adj.)
Grammar
spiwol, adj.

Emetic, causing vomiting

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Emetic, causing vomiting Drince hé spiwles drences, Lchdm. ii. 264, 24. Drince se man spiwolne drenc, 216, 11. Speowolne drenc, 216, 16. Mid wyrtdrencum útyrnendum oþþe spiwlum oþþe migolum, 82, 17. ¨

Linked entry: spiwel

tó

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I. 4 i Swá hé nú dyde tó þís ilcan Ðeódríce, Bt. 16, 1; F. 48, 35. 1. Add Hé lǽdde hit forð mid him þǽr hé fundode tó, Hml. S. 26, 224: 31, 535. Add Ne bið þeós ádl hwæþere tó frécne, Lch. ii. 46, 12

æ-bylignes

(n.)
Grammar
æ-bylignes, -ness; -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Indignation ⬩ wrath ⬩ indignatio

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He sende on hí graman æbylignysse hys misit in eos iram indignationis suæ, Ps. Spl. 77, 54

Linked entries: æ-bilignes ebylgnes

ǽ-lǽrende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ǽ-lǽrende, part.

Teaching the law ⬩ legem docens

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Teaching the law; legem docens Siððan him nǽnig wæs ǽlǽrendra óðer betera since there was none other of those teaching the law better than he. Elen. Kmbl. 1009; El. 506

ágend-frió

(n.)
Grammar
ágend-frió, -freo; indecl. m.

An owner ⬩ possessor ⬩ possessor

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An owner, possessor; possessor He agife ðam ágendfrió [ágend-freó MS. B.] ðone monnan let him give up the man to the owner, L. In. 53; Th. i. 136, 4